Within the framework outlined in the first part of the review, the second part addresses attempts to increase receptor material performance through the use of sensor systems and chemometric methods, in conjunction with receptor preparation methods and sensor-specific tasks. Conclusions are then drawn, and development perspectives for gravimetric sensors are discussed.

Temperature, gas and humidity resistive/ capacitive sensors on flexible substrates from organic materials, suitable for RFID mobile applications, have been produced and investigated. The sensor implementation solutions are providing simple, versatile and low power temperature and gas detection. The device structure was developed together with the data evaluation strategies based on last generation SigmaDelta analog (resistance and capacitance) to digital converters. We demonstrate the possibility of developing gas sensors on humidity sensitive substrates, having temperature corrected responses. The proposed device concept is aimed to evolve towards "flexible & full plastic" implementations.

Industrial pollution and traffic emissions emit dangerous amounts of O₃, NO₂, VOCs and PM into environment, bringing higher incidence of morbidity and mortality in respiratory sicknesses [1].